Rose Cottage, Waterloo Street, Ironbridge, Telford, TF8 7AA

Rose Cottage is an end-of-terrace house in Ironbridge, Telford, Telford (TF8 7AA). It has a recorded floor area of 50 m² (around 538 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2013) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 89). The latest certificate is from July 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since September 1998 — that's 28 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £248,000 sits 254.3% above the 1998 sale of £70,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£130/sq ft) was about 24.5% below the postcode norm. At 50 m² it sits well below the postcode median (80 m² across 14 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.